Mindletter distinguishes between 3 main types:
An insight is something you learned. A thought, a sentence, a small paragraph in your own words. Something like: “Don’t optimize for salary in your twenties. Optimize for learning.” Insights age well because they’re earned.
A quote is what a wise person (yes, maybe even you) said. We all know quotes, for example: “People will forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” — Maya Angelou. Most often though, we read an inspiring quote, just to forget it again. Only because we haven’t had a place to store and find it again. That’s where Mindletter helps.
A prompt is a thought-provoking question you want to keep returning to, e.g. “What would I do if I weren’t afraid?” Prompts are helpful to make you reflect and think about your own life. Just as you evolve, your answers to prompts will evolve as well.
When you save or edit something, you choose who it’s for.
Secret — for your eyes only. Your insight is encrypted on your device with a passphrase before it leaves your device, so even we can’t read it. Secret insights can’t be shared to a circle or included in your weekly Mindletter emails, since this would require us to read your data in plaintext.
Private — unencrypted, but still private to you. No one else can read your insights, unless shared with a circle. Private insights can be included in the weekly Sunday Mindletter emails.
Shared to a circle — define if an insight should be shared additionally with a circle. A circle can be your close family, friends, a book/run/whatever club you initiated.
Public — open to the world. Public insights are here so we can inspire each other. Insights are typically earned on a personal level, but commonly useful for advice and inspiration. Your chance to give something back.
A Mindletter is the Sunday email you get from yourself.
Think of it as a newsletter, just for you, written by you. With insights you’d probably have forgotten otherwise.
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